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December 12, 1986

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Water supply cut to North Shore

AN EXPLODED North Shore water main cut water sup-
plies to areas of North and West Vancouver, downtown
Vancouver and the West End early Thursday morning.

Greater Vancouver Regional
District spokesman Bobo Launder
said a 48-inch diameter diversion
shaft at the south foot of Capilano
Road blew at around 2:30 a.1.,
drastically reducing water pressure
in major downtown Vancouver
highrises, office buildings and
homes in the lower areas of North
and West Vancouver.

“We vet breaks (in the water
system) all the time,” Launder

By TIMOTHY RENSHAW

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said, ‘but nothing oof this
magnitude. When it blew, we lost
the whole svsten.""

Launder said water pressure lost
while crews worked to
valves on ¢ither side of Burrard In-
let was being restored to
downtow.,, Vancouver by diverting

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water from) another Capilano
Water main fod pumping stulon in
Vancouver Heights and diverting
water from the Sevmour reservoir
to Vancouver's bitte Mountain.

Cause of the rupture, Eaunder
said, appeared to be metal fatigue,

“These pipes were put in same
tine in the late 30s,°° he said.
“And water pressure down there is
about 200 pounds per square inch.
So, from what we can determine
right now, it appears to have just
worn out.”

Millions of @allons of treated
water from the Capilano reservoir

poured into the infer from the rup-
tured pipe. buat Launder said: the
spill posed no danger to marine bfe
because chlorine levels in the water
were very low,

_” “shows ominous blue-grey clouds rolling ver the North Shore mountains. ’

, Vancouver

Sohn Bremner
PLESsuTe Wits

Shore by

for of emimecninge
said normal water
sestored tao the North
6:18 acm.

Sone water frome an dir pressure

BURST NORTH SHORE WATER MAIN: SEE PHOTO PAGE 32

Though nermal water pressures
were expected to be restored to
downtown Vancouser by noon
Thursdays, Taunder said) repair to
the pipe and sisrtous valves, and
refilling the wround blown out
trom the rupture would take ses.
eral days.

North Vancouver District diree-

salve at 2ist and Capilano, he saad
had spilled on to the street atte
water had been repumped mito the
ling after valves around the blow
out had been turned oft.

Phough the spill had created ivy
sonditions on Capilano Road,
Bremner said no major accidents
had resulted.